Flickr Photos
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Thought for the Day: Feeling Safe
Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Chaff, Comfort, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, Faithful, Feeling Safe, Grain, Kindness, Novelist, Poet
Leave a comment
If Only God…
A little poem based on the sermon from tonight: If Only God… by Michael Romani The Devil taunts With all our wants Making us wish We could re-dish Changing up our days Changing up our ways To do it all … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Devil, Down and Out, God, Poetry, Prayer, Spirituality, Torments, Worship
Leave a comment
Never A Good Thing
After some thought and careful consideration, I’ve decided to edit this post to reflect that it will stand as my response to the challenge to Day 26 of the Poem A Day challenge. I am completely convinced that scientists in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Civilization, Conscience, Deniers, Dissenters, Earth Day, Gaia, Hypocrisy, Hypotheses, Industrialization, Oxymoron, Partisan, Performance Art, Science, Secular Religion, Theology, Truth
Leave a comment
A Little Girl Has Her Way
Dedicated to the precious moments I get to spend with the two little princesses who are two thirds of all of my most sacred loves each of these bound to me under God. A Little Girl Has Her Way by … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Best Day, Daddy, Little Girl, Love, Poetry, Princesses, Smiles, Treasure
Leave a comment
Terza Rima: Southern Nights
How do you write a Terza Rima • Three line stanzas(tercet) – any length • Rhyme scheme is ABA • Second stanza is BCB, etc • End with one verse that rhymes with the 2nd line of the prior stanza … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Gentlman, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Shimmering, Southern Nights, Terza Rima
3 Comments
Day 25: Change of Locks
The home stretch of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo is on! The challenge today is to write about some space that might have some sort of emotional tie to it. Having spent an evening hearing from my little girls how my ex is being … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Disagreements, Locks, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Terza Rima
Leave a comment
First Principles: Legal Consequences
“Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787) To understand more … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Consequences, Law, Republic, The Federalist Papers
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: The Secret of Change
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates … No. Not the Ancient Greek philosopher filled with a lot of great thoughts himself. This Socrates … Continue reading
Australian Bush Poetry, Verse & Music
Yesterday, Ally and I were blessed enough to be invited to watch a show written and produced by a friend of ours. It was a truly wonderful presentation filled with poetry, songs, dance and focused on telling the tale of … Continue reading
Posted in Second Life, Uncategorized
Tagged Aboriginal, Australia, Ayres Rock, Bush Poetry, Dance, Music, Spirit of Australia
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 